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PRB-0368Passeriformes

Mangrove Yellow Warbler

Reinita Amarilla

Setophaga petechia

ResidentIUCN LC · Least Concern

The yellow warbler (Setophaga petechia) is a New World warbler species. Yellow warblers are the most widespread species in the diverse genus Setophaga, breeding in almost the whole of North America, the Caribbean, as well as northern South America.

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FamilyParulidaeNew World Warblers

Puerto Rico occurrenceResidentAvibase inferred core 380

Primary habitatMangrove; coastal scrub; wetland edge; migrant woodland habitatsMangrove; coastal scrub; wetland edge; migrant woodland habitats

Primary dietInvertebrateInvertivore

Average mass10.2 gGlobal trait estimate

MovementSedentary / residentInsessorial

Sound archive

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XC1085827Recording 1 of 3song

SpectrogramSetophaga petechia

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Sound recorded by Paul Driver · XC1085827 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Visualization by Stichting Xeno-canto voor Natuurgeluiden.

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Island profile

Catalog scopeAvibase inferred core 380

About the Mangrove Yellow Warbler

Conservation

Least Concern

IUCN LC; DNER VU

Global IUCN: LC
Puerto Rico DNER: VU
Federal ESA: No current listing in source crosswalk
Critical habitat: Not identified in source crosswalk

Natural history

How it lives

Habitat: Mangrove; coastal scrub; wetland edge; migrant woodland habitats
Elevation: 0–300 m
Nest: Cup / bowl · Tree
Clutch: 4–5 eggs
Social behavior: Social / flocking; Pairs / family groups

Keep exploring

This bird belongs to 11 paths through the atlas.

The complete catalogAll Birds of Puerto Rico402 birds →Birds by habitatCoastal Birds62 birds →Birds by habitatForest Birds159 birds →Birds by habitatShrubland & Scrub Birds47 birds →Birds by habitatWetland Birds116 birds →ConservationLeast Concern Birds328 birds →ConservationPuerto Rico DNER-Listed Birds28 birds →Occurrence in Puerto RicoBreeding Birds55 birds →Occurrence in Puerto RicoMigrants & Vagrants221 birds →Occurrence in Puerto RicoResident Birds47 birds →Bird familyNew World Warblers (Parulidae)39 birds →

Evidence trail

Sources, media & further reading

eBird species profile↗Macaulay Library media↗iNaturalist observations↗GBIF occurrence data↗BirdLife species factsheet↗Xeno-canto recordings↗Wikipedia in English↗Wikipedia en Español↗Media source · inaturalist.org↗Source record 1↗Source record 2↗Source record 3↗Source record 4↗Source record 5↗

Research note: A single species row can conceal resident subspecies and migrant populations; keep population context